Category: CIOB Awards 2025
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CIOB Awards 2025: Renovation & Restoration
Gold Winner: Jason Hunt MCIOB, Willmott Dixon Project: Bristol BeaconScope: Renovation and transformation of Grade II-listed building into a concert hall and performance hub, completed in 235 weeks Client: Bristol City Council Value: £95m Project director Jason Hunt’s solutions-focused leadership, risk insight and determination overcame major historic defects on this ambitious project. These ranged from poorly executed previous…
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CIOB Awards 2025: High Rise Accommodation
Gold Award Winner: David John MCIOB, Willmott Dixon Construction Project: Millwrights Place and Coopers Court, Bristol Scope: Construction of 15-storey and 10-storey blocks with 297 apartments, completed in 168 weeks Client: Cubex Land Value: £57m Handing over a defect-free residential tower is notoriously difficult. David John not only managed the feat, on time and to budget, but delivered…
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CIOB Awards 2025: Healthcare
Gold Award Winner: Dean Williams, Kier Construction Project: Singleton Hospital, SwanseaScope: Replacement of front facade, completed in 155 weeks Client: Swansea Bay University Health Board/Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Bae Abertawe Value: £11m Dean Williams was brought in as operational lead two-thirds of the way through the project, bringing a fresh approach to phased facade replacement. Drawing on lessons learned…
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CIOB Awards 2025: Low Rise Accommodation
Gold Award Winner: Graham Potts, Kier Construction Project: Marylebone Square, London W1Scope: Construction of 79 apartments in nine-storey block, completed in 158 weeks Client: Concord London Value: £124m A constrained site in central London, the entire footprint taken up by the building itself, and surrounded by busy roads, schools and commercial premises, posed a tough construction challenge. This…
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CIOB Awards 2025: Commercial & Leisure
Gold Award Winner: Graham Mercer MCIOB, Skanska UK Project: Norton Folgate, Shoreditch, LondonScope: Refurbishment, extension and redevelopment of six building plots to create over 300,000 sq ft of office and retail space, completed in 158 weeks Client: British Land Value: £232m Graham Mercer brought 40 years’ construction experience, engineering skills, adaptability and problem-solving to this project. He…
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CIOB Awards 2025: Education
Gold Award Winner: Michael Braiden MCIOB, Morgan Sindall Construction Project: Maybole Community Campus, South AyrshireScope: Construction of school campus and community hub, completed in 151 weeks Client: Hub South West Scotland for South Ayrshire Council Value: £59m A succession of storms badly damaged a crucial 100m retaining wall and backfill, on which this project’s structural frame was dependent,…
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CIOB Awards 2025: Public – Construction Management
Gold Award Winner: Steve Fennell MCIOB, Bovis Construction Project: HMP Fosse Way, LeicesterScope: Construction of new prison with eight four-storey house blocks, completed in 149 weeks Client: Ministry of Justice Value: £303m On this mammoth project around 13,000 factory-made concrete components were brought in, alongside 50,000 cast-in elements for the M&E, and the doors and the windows. These…
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CIOB Awards 2025: Rising Star
Winner: Rohit Malhotra MCIOB, AtkinsRéalis Rohit Malhotra’s special quality was evident right from the start, impressing both his employers as well as the judges. In his first permanent role as a planning engineer at McLaren Construction on a project in the UAE, unforeseen delays threatened the schedule. Malhotra swiftly identified the issues and recommended strategies…
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CIOB Awards 2025: Client
Winner: Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority The new Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service Training and Development Academy in Aintree will be used to help fire and rescue teams up and down the country prepare for emerging risks. The state-of-the-art development houses a four-bay operational fire station, the National Resilience Centre of Excellence, and canine training…
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CIOB Awards 2025: EDI Individual
Winner: Gary Jones MCIOB, Houses of Parliament As joint lead for the Clear Pathways culture change programme, Gary Jones has had remarkable success in addressing the ethnicity pay gap within the Houses of Parliament. Clear Pathways provides learning and development support for the career aspirations of Black, Asian and minority ethnic colleagues. Other finalists Martin…